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In a quiet town called Rivermoon, where the nights were calm and the streets were always peaceful, lived a boy named Adrian Cole.
Adrian was different from everyone else.
Not because of how he looked, but because of what he could hear.
Adrian could hear people's silent hearts.
Not their voices, not their thoughts, but their deepest emotions—fear, sadness, love, regret. When someone stood near him, he could feel their hidden pain like a whisper inside his mind.
When Adrian was a child, he thought everyone had this ability. But as he grew older, he realized something strange: no one else could hear what he heard.
At school, Adrian often knew when someone was secretly crying inside. He could tell when someone was pretending to be happy.
But this "gift" didn't make life easier.
It made life heavier.
Because Adrian carried the emotions of everyone around him.